| Tim Willcox | |
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Tim Willcox pictured in 2011. |
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| Education | University of Durham |
| Occupation | Journalist, Presenter, Newsreader, Writer, Producer |
| Notable credit(s) | ITV News BBC News Channel BBC World News |
Tim Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News, where he presents news bulletins for both the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. Generally a relief presenter for the BBC, he is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó mining accident and anchoring the BBC's live day time coverage during the early days of the Cairo January 2011 Egyptian revolution. He speaks Spanish fluently.
Willcox was educated at Taunton School in Somerset, and St Chad's College, Durham University where he read Spanish.[1] He started in newspaper journalism, working for Mirror Group Newspapers and Fleet Street News Agency).[1]
As a broadcast journalist, Willcox worked for ITN News for many years as a presenter and correspondent. He was the network's Arts and Media Correspondent, as well as reporting from the United States on events such as the September 11 terrorist attacks.[1]
Since joining the BBC Willcox has been an anchor with the BBC News Channel where he can be seen presenting bulletins at weekends. He is generally a relief presenter on the channel, but does have a regular slot late on Friday evenings. He can also be seen presenting on BBC World News as a relief presenter.
In September 2010 Willcox travelled to Chile to report for BBC News on the attempts to rescue the miners trapped underground after the Copiapó mining accident.[2] In October 2010 he did extensive live coverage of the operation to bring the trapped miners back to the surface, and interviewed Chilean President Sebastián Piñera.[3]
In March 2011 Willcox played a significant role in reporting the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, reporting live for the BBC from the disaster zone and then just a few weeks later reporting from Libya on the 2011 Libyan civil war.[4]
Tim Willcox has also written, produced and presented a number of documentaries for Channel 4 and Channel 5. These include;
In addition to his work as a journalist, Willcox has made cameo acting appearances in a number of television dramas and films. These include roles in Sex Traffic, State of Play, Jonathan Creek , 102 Dalmatians and Clueless.[1]